Rainier Neighborhood Guide

Where to Eat in Rainier Valley and Rainier Beach

This swath of the city is short on hype, but its restaurants offer a globe’s worth of dishes.

05/21/2021 By Allecia Vermillion and Seattle Met Staff

Truly Vital

How Seattle Copes: Gloria Hatcher-Mays Runs the Rainier Valley Food Bank

The executive director has seen the community hub through phases of pandemic response.

04/20/2020 By Stefan Milne

Opening Dispatch

Archipelago’s Progressive Filipino American Cuisine Debuts December 1

The spirit of the Philippines fashioned through Pacific Northwest ingredients.

11/29/2018 By Rosin Saez

Morning Fizz

City Council Fundraising and Rainier Valley Gentrifying

Caffeinated news featuring the latest candidate fundraising and angry emails to SDOT

06/11/2015 By Josh Feit

Bang for Your Buck

Cheap Week Seattle: March 30–April 5

Kate Wallich explores post-postmodernist dance with 'Splurge Land' and the Sonics fittingly play Sonic Boom: the best ways to spend your week without spending much

03/30/2015 By Atoosa Moinzadeh

Critic's Notebook

Who Makes the Best Chicken Dinner in Seattle?

Just ask the folks in Rainier Valley. Or read this.

01/12/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Pastries for All Diets, Wings and Waffles for Non Diets

A gluten-free bakery on Capitol Hill, a vegan sweet shop in Phinney Ridge, big Ballard bar news, and a den of wings and waffles opens in Rainier Beach.

09/26/2014 By Kristen Farnam

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Rainier Valley Greenways Meeting

Today's picks for civic nerds

09/16/2014 By Kristen Farnam

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Humanity's Sustainable Future

Today's picks for civic nerds

09/15/2014 By Kristen Farnam

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Learn About the Tunnel, Help the Hungry, and Weigh in on the Police Department

Today's picks for civic nerds.

07/21/2014 By Ezra Parter

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Dandelions Be Gone

Today's picks for civic nerds.

07/17/2014 By Ezra Parter

Article

Two Euro Classics in the South End

A taste of Tuscany in Rainier Beach; a promise of Paris in Mount Baker.

11/28/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

City

Former Council Member McIver: Build Stadium in Rainier Valley

A former council member argues for a Rainier Valley arena.

05/01/2012 By Erica C. Barnett

News

Mom Gets Tough With Carjacker

Body pulled from Lake Washington; man stabbed near Pioneer Square; mom talks carjacker into returning stolen car.

01/17/2012 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

News

Two Weekend Shootings In Rainier Valley

Two shootings in the Rainier Valley, stolen car torched in New Holly.

11/07/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

News

Teen Accidentally Shoots Himself, UW Student Severely Beaten, A Flasher, and Crab Theft

Teen accidentally shoots himself on bus, crab theft, UW student beaten after party, more details on a home invasion, a flasher, and Phoenix Jones

10/11/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

City Hall

McGinn: Rainier Valley a Work in Progress

In a speech on the state of the Rainier Valley, McGinn touts the city's accomplishments in the area, including a reduction in nonviolent crimes, but acknowledges the city could be doing a lot more.

06/02/2011 By Erica C. Barnett